Project information

Refurbishment of room within Childrens Hospital

This project involves the refurbishment of a room within the Childrens Hospital at the University Hospital of Wales to enable better dialysis provision and more comfortable surroundings for the patients and their families.

Charity information: Kidney Wales

Need

The dialysis unit within the childrens hospital on Pelican Ward does not provide sufficient space ordinarily found in other Hospitals. The unit in itself isn't as child friendly and as welcoming to the children as it could be which we would like to change.

Solution

At Kidney Wales we plan to solve the above by extending the unit by occupying the room adjacent to the unit, then more space will become available and adaptations will be made to make the unit more child friendly as patients will be spending 4-6 hours a day, 3-4 days a week at this unit. This project will improve the lives of patients visiting the unit regularly.

What success will look like

Impact

This refurbishment will improve the experience they receive when visiting the unit for their treatment. It will be a more welcoming and child friendly facility. It will also allow the unit to work to it's full capacity. This will be demonstrated and monitored through the unit staff at the Childrens Hospital.

Risk

The only risk that was identified was the possibility the Childrens Hospital could turn down the application for this refurbishment. Fortunately the team are fully on board and see the benefits of this project taking pace.

Reporting

Donors will be sent a thank you letter once the refurbishment has been completed, and will be updated throughout the process via email on the developments of the process. Photographs will be provided.

Location

Based within the Children's Hospital of Wales the dialysis room will provide life saving treatment for children from birth to 16 years. These children come from families of all socio economic and ethnic backgrounds from across Wales. This unit is the only facility suitable for in patient and hospital based dialysis for children in Wales.

Beneficiaries

The dialysis room will provide life saving treatment for children from birth to 16 years. As a custom built facility the service provided will improve the experience that these children and their families have when visiting the facility for their treatment.

Why Us?

Kidney Wales is the leading renal support charity in Wales. Over the past 50 years we have campaigned and delivered on additional dialysis units across the whole of Wales. We have supported the Kidney Wales Childrens Centre within the hospital with refurbishments and staffing. We led an 8 year campaign for the change of law on Organ donation in Wales which was passed in December 2015.